The Essential Add-Ons for Café Owners
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Coffee beans and machines are obviously vital to any cafe, but there are a whole host of other add-ons and extras that can also make a big difference to your customer service and revenue.
Seasonal flavours, biscuits, cups, takeaway lids, and stirrers are just a few examples of café essentials that every coffee shop owner should invest in.
Flavoured Syrups: Expand Your Drink Options
Flavoured syrups are one of the easiest ways to increase average order value in your coffee shop.
Whether it’s vanilla, hazelnut, caramel or pumpkin spice, offering syrup options allows customers to customise their drinks (and who doesn’t love that nowadays). Syrups also increase the value of products like lattes, encouraging you to charge a little more for a more premium product.
Here at Cotswold Coffee, we provide a huge range of syrups that add that perfect flavour boost to coffees and cakes.
Why you should invest:
- Upsell more to customers
- Offer seasonal or limited time drinks
- Offer choices to suit different tastes and dietary requirements, including sugar free flavours
Recyclable Cups
The demand for sustainable coffee shops is bigger than ever, and we’re not just talking about coffee beans. Many customers are now looking for recyclable cups and packaging too.
That’s why stocking recyclable or compostable takeaway cups is one of the best and easiest upgrades you can make. From compostable paper cups to re-usable coffee husk cups, we’ve got you covered.
Why you should invest:
- Customers will appreciate your responsible choices
- Appeal to the increasing number of environmentally conscious customers
- You could even use eco-friendly cups and packaging as part of your marketing strategy.
Stirrers & Sugar: Lasting Impression
Sugar sachets and stirrers may seem insignificant, but they go a long way. Cafes need to give customers the freedom to personalise drinks quickly and efficiently before they leave, and sugar sachets with stirrers are one of the easiest ways to do this.
That’s why our range of café essentials are perfect for keeping your offices, cafes and hospitality venues stocked up on stirrers, sugars, sweeteners and more.
Why you should invest:
- Quicker service
- Happy customers
- Keeps your cafés tidy
Little things like this are what customers remember.
Biscuits & Snacks: Increase Spend Per Customer
Offering biscuits and snacks is one of the quickest ways to encourage your customers to spend more money.
After all, who doesn’t check out the biscuit selection when they order a coffee? If you don’t have that option you could be losing out on valuable sales.
Alongside our fantastic range of coffee beans, we also stock coffee shop snacks and biscuits, so you can find everything you need in one place.
Why you should invest:
- Increase average transaction value
- Customers won’t even think about drinking their coffee before their biscuits!
- Impulse purchases
Pro-tip: Place your snacks next to your till or counter display.
Stock Up: Never Run Out Again
Running out of cups, lids or even sugar can cause disruption for your customers. Not only that, but finding a supplier to re-stock during busy mornings and evenings can be tough.
Here at Cotswold Coffee, we offer a huge range of coffee shop accessories and consumables, whether you need cups, lids, sugars or stirrers, we can help you keep on top of stock.
Why you should invest:
- Less disruption to your service
- More time serving customers
- Rely on one supplier for everything
Running a coffee shop is hard enough as it is, so why make it harder for yourself?
Your Café Experience
Coffee is only one part of the café experience, so no matter how good your coffee tastes, if your customers don’t enjoy their visit overall, they may not be coming back.
From sustainable packaging and recyclable cups, to providing customers with the option to flavour their drink. Ensure you’re offering a well rounded experience with all your offerings.
Conclusion
At the end of the day, the most important part of any café is the café experience. Sure, coffee is important but why not take every opportunity you can to impress your customers?
That’s why we’ve selected these coffee shop essentials and café extras. Not only will they make your life easier, but they’ll also increase your average spend per customer and keep customers coming back for more.